Fertility in Melanesia, 2020

Melanesia
2020
Total fertility rate: 3.21
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2020 1990, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2020  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Melanesia was 3.21 children per woman in 2020 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (159 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.2 years old. In total, 307,341 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.21
Births
307,341
Births per 1,000 people
25.5
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.45
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.6
Population
12,058,242
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-141.60.2%970
15-1953.28.3%30,349
20-24151.723.6%80,337
25-29159.324.7%78,923
30-34131.420.4%60,882
35-3991.014.1%37,213
40-4442.76.6%14,960
45-4912.01.9%3,525
50-540.70.1%176